Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for FAXAI-14
Off-shore

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone FAXAI-14 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 43343
Name FAXAI-14
From - To 28 Feb - 05 Mar
Exposed countries Off-shore
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 148 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge
Vulnerability -- ()

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
JRC 93 km/h 0 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
GFS n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
ECMWF n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 207 | About casualties: 15 | Last hour: 0

Papua New Guinea: Asia Pacific Region: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Sn ... Mon, 03 Mar 2014 14:12:00 +0100.

Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Fiji, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Tonga PAPUA NEW GUINEA Torrential rains have caused floods in central and southern Bougainville. Initial Government reports in
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Storm expected to pass GuamSun, 02 Mar 2014 18:11:00 +0100.

Tropical Storm Faxai is expected to make its closest point of approach to Guam tomorrow morning, more than 200 miles east of the island.
Tropical storm likely to miss GuamSat, 01 Mar 2014 18:37:00 +0100.

After developing into Tropical Storm Faxai yesterday, a disturbance hovering south of Guam began to inch away and appeared to weaken.
Offshore Wind Farms Are Ugly And Unpoular, But They May Save Us From H ... Fri, 28 Feb 2014 14:17:00 +0100.

The research, published online this week in the journal Nature Climate Change, concludes that wind turbines could reduce hurricanes’ wind speeds by 56-92 mph and wave heights and the resulting storm surge flooding by 6 to 79 percent. "The l
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (46), (2), INFORM (2),